Impact of national health insurance scheme on healthcare services in State Specialist Hospital Benin City, Edo state Department:Sociology By: Biggerman Project ID: 8842 Rating: (5.0) votes: 1 Price:₦5000 Get the Complete MaterialAbstractThis study examines the impact of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) on healthcare service delivery at the State Specialist Hospital, Benin City, Edo State. The research evaluates the scheme’s influence on patients’ access to care, affordability, service utilization, and overall quality of healthcare. Although NHIS has improved access nationwide, challenges such as low enrollment, financial constraints, and administrative inefficiencies continue to limit its effectiveness. The study is anchored on the Health Belief Model, which explains health-seeking behavior, and Systems Theory, which provides the main framework by highlighting the interdependence of patients, providers, institutions, and financing mechanisms within the healthcare system. A mixed-method approach was employed, using hospital records, structured questionnaires, and interviews with patients and healthcare providers. A total of 152 respondents were selected through probability and non-probability sampling techniques. Findings indicate that NHIS has lowered financial barriers to care, encouraged timely hospital visits, increased utilization rates, reduced catastrophic health expenditures, and enhanced patient satisfaction with service affordability. Nonetheless, critical challenges persist, including inadequate service coverage, limited public awareness and enrollment, bureaucratic bottlenecks, and delays in provider reimbursement, which undermine the scheme’s efficiency. The study concludes that while NHIS has positively influenced healthcare delivery in the hospital, its sustainability and effectiveness depend on stronger policy commitment, efficient management, broader service and population coverage, and enhanced public sensitization. Addressing these gaps will enable NHIS to achieve its mandate of providing equitable and accessible healthcare for all Nigerians....Preview Download Preview +Other Sociology project topics and materials you might be interested in»Knowledge and attitude of undergraduate students towards homosexuality and its implication on social adjustment (A study of Caritas university, Amorji-Nike, Emene, Enugu state) »Assessing factors responsible for community self-help projects and rural development – a study of selected communities in Ado-Odo/Ota local government area»Unemployment and involvement in crime in urban communities»Socio-cultural effect of herders attack on farmers productivity in Akure north Lga, Ondo state»A sociological snalysis of the media and crime control in Abuja Municipality FCT»The impact of social distancing and frequent handwashing in reducing the spread of coronavirus disease (covid-19) in Nigeria»Comparative study of socio-economic background of parents towards their children in relation to academic performance»Youth unemployment and insecurity - case study of Rivers State»Causes and impact of indiscipline among secondary school students»The impact of child trafficking on women in Nigeria»Effects of malnutrition among children of lower socioeconomic status of age 0-5 years»Impact of orphanage home on the child’s personality development»Female gender discrimination in work place among civil service workers in Enugu state local government area of Enugu state»Radio Biafra and civil war of 1967-1970: lessons for the contemporary media industry in south-south region»The effects of rural poverty on environmental degradation in Kogi local government area, Kogi state